Traditional Costumes : Japanese Drapes

This week I finished two Samurai drapes in small sizes and in wool. I fiddled so long with the Japanese pattern to make it really nice fitting for a European size S/M. The black and white checkered one is from a pretty thick tweed wool I bought some years ago in Edinburgh (when we lived there); it has turned out much nicer than I thought, because I was first afraid it would be too stiff. But it drapes gorgeously, like a thick winter scarf. The other one is from a lovely purple striped wool fabric, much thinner and suppler than the tweed one. So, this one is a more flexible drape.

My lovely friend Anne is modelling them here, and she looks great in them ! They are for sale in my P8Accessories etsy shop ! Will also start to make some more in sizes L and XL.

Challenge : Purple

The European Street Team (EST) on Etsy was holding a purple challenge last week. The idea behind it is to stimulate the EST members to be creative in these very quiet summer months... And it worked, lots of beautiful purple items were sent in; you can see them all in our EST blog !

The winner was Nanouke with a beautiful knitted cuff:


I was really inspired by the purple challenge: purple rings, necklace and brooch